Friday, November 30, 2012

Fantasy in Blue

WRITTEN FOR BLUE MONDAYFANTASY IN BLUE

Fantasy should come from withinIt's in the brain it should begin.Other peoples' imaginations,And their dreamed-up situationsAre merely fantasy second-handHowever gruesome great or grand.When it comes to a film or video gameThat brings its originator fameHis fantasies are up for saleAnd your ideas seem rather paleBy comparison. This is sad.

Your ideas may not be bad.They may not be good enough for the screenOr the cleverest thing you've ever seenBut at least they belong to you,And to yourself you're being true.If we just take in from left and rightAnd merely give in without a fightOur minds will shrivel and atrophyAnd that seems an awful shame to me.

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BEING BRENDA

(We were asked to wrote about our names.)Brenda...... a name that labels me

As someone approaching senility!

Along with Pamela and Gwen

I personify the way-back-when.

Gladys and Hazel are also fated

To be considered old and dated.*

My mother's name was Ethel May;

Names we don't hear at all today.

Her sisters were Mabel and Violet;

They were part of the 1900 set.*My name was a 1930's Wow;But it isn't heard too often now.Except that the illustration showsA Brenda everybody knows.......(All except me; the name was newUntil this shot came into view!)* I'm intrigued by how Pat and VeraSignify a certain era.Chelsea and Taylor no doubt awaitA similar chronological fate.*I've never really minded 'Brenda';(It's Brendan in a different gender)It means 'sword', or so I'm told;So it doesn't suit me; I'm not too bold.It was just a name, not good, not bad,Decided upon by Mum and Dad.*But I married a 'Bryant' and then my nameBecame one I was proud to claim.Six letters in both ! How very neat!And two 'Br's to make the match complete!Brenda Bryant;You must admitThat these two names appear to fit.Had I married a Mr Smith or SmallI wouldn't have liked my name at all!*

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About Me

Born in England in 1931. Evacuated in World War 2. Trained as a teacher at Brighton Training College, Sussex. Taught in London. Moved to Zimbabwe. Seven years later worked on a mail ship. Married Malcolm in Capetown. Two children, Rebecca and Greg. Moved to Australia in 1974. After retirement worked for a publisher. Three grandsons, Blake, Harry and Max. Disabled by stroke in 2013. Now in wheelchair with husband as carer..